8 DECEMBER2023INFOCUSINFOCUSSaika Ishaque, a left-arm spinner who thrilled everyone in the first Women's Premier League (WPL), was called up for the first time for India's three-match Twenty20 International series against England, which begins in Mumbai on December 6.The majority of the Asian Games gold-winning squad in Hangzhou made up the T20I squad, which features a good mix of juniors and seniors.Seasoned players like captain Harmanpreet Kaur and her deputy Smriti Mandhana, as well as players like Deepti Sharma, Jemimah Rodrigues, Shafali Verma, and Pooja Vastrakar, are on one end of the spectrum, while rookies like spinner Mannat Kashyap, bowlers Kanika Ahuja and Shreyanka Patil, and skillful pacer Titas Sadhu are on the other end of the selections.Karnataka left-hander Shubha Satheesh, who was recognized for her tenacious batting in national one-dayers, has also been named for the upcoming matches.Shreyanka Patil, a promising all-rounder from Karnataka, has been named in the Indian women's team for the T20 series against England, a three-match series in Mumbai from 6 to 7 December. Shreyanka was part of the India emerging teams Asia Cup squad that won the title earlier this year. The Modi Government plans to introduce two key bills in the next winter session held in the Parliament from December 4 with an aim to reserve one-third of seats for women representatives in Puducherry, Jammu & Kashmir legislative assemblies.In order to secure seats for female participants, the government will also present the Government of Union Territories (Amendment) Bill, 2023, which will suggest allocating one-third of the Union Territories seats for women.From 4 December to 22 December 2023, the winter session will be organized. In these 19 days of the session, the Union government will be discussing 7 new bills along with the 2 women's quota bills. The 33 remaining bills may also be addressed by the government during this winter session."The Chief Election Commissioner and other Election Commissioners (Appointment, Conditions of Service and Term of Office) Bill, 2023," is another bill scheduled for discussion and voting in the Winter Session. The bill was first introduced in the Rajya Sabha to establish a process for the Election Commission to transact business.A special committee made up of the Prime Minister, the Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha, and the Chief Justice of India recommended that the President appoint people to the election body until the Parliament enacts a good law on the matter. This decision was made earlier in March by a five-judge Supreme Court bench led by Justice K. M. Joseph. INDIAN WOMEN'S TEST & T20 IS SQUAD ANNOUNCED; MIX OF JUNIORS & SENIORSMODI GOVT TO TABLE WOMEN QUOTA FOR PUDUCHERRY & J&K THIS WINTER SESSION
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